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Mitchell Northam | NCAA.com | May 26, 2019

DIII men's lacrosse championship: Cabrini takes down Amherst for first national title

Cabrini wins the 2019 DIII Men's Lacrosse Championship

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After taking down Salisbury — the winner of two of the past three national titles — in the semifinal of the DIII men's lacrosse tournament, Cabrini knocked off Amherst 16-12 to win the program's first national title in its first championship-game appearance.

The tournament began with 36 teams. Heading into the semifinals on May 19, only Salisbury, Cabrini, Amherst and Williams were left to compete for the title. Amherst beat Williams in the first semifinal, and Cabrini beat Salisbury in the second semifinal to set up an Amherst-Salisbury championship.

This is the 27th time that Salisbury has appeared in the Division III semifinals. The Sea Gulls have won 12 national championships in the sport, most recently in 2017. In 2018, they fell to Wesleyan (CT). Salisbury's Jim Berkman is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA men's lacrosse history, among all divisions, with a 553-62 career record.

Cabrini and Amherst have never appeared in the national championship game until this year.

Mitchell Northam is a graduate of Salisbury University. His work has been featured at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Orlando Sentinel, SB Nation, USA Today, Bleacher Report, FanSided and the Delmarva Daily Times. He grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore and is a member of APSE, USBWA and NASR. He's on Twitter at @primetimeMitch.

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